
The highest earners in the history of Sheffield Wednesday
Barry Bannan has earned $12.8m at Sheffield Wednesday across 8 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 18 of the twenty above have since left the club.
The 20 biggest earners in Sheffield Wednesday history
These 20 players took $116.5m between them, 62% of everything Sheffield Wednesday has paid the players we hold a salary for.
Every Sheffield Wednesday player we hold a salary for
Every player we hold a Sheffield Wednesday salary for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Bannan Current squad | $12.8m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 2 | Keiren Westwood | $10.5m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 3 | Liam Palmer Current squad | $8.6m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 4 | Adam Reach | $8.1m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 5 | Tom Lees | $7.7m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 6 | Fernando Forestieri | $7.6m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 7 | Dominic Iorfa | $6.3m | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 8 | Steven Fletcher | $5.9m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 9 | Sam Hutchinson | $5.8m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 10 | Kieran Lee | $5.6m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 11 | Gary Hooper | $4.4m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 12 | Connor Wickham | $4.4m | 1 | 2020 |
| 13 | Atdhe Nuhiu | $4.2m | 5 | 2016-2020 |
| 14 | Josh Windass | $4.2m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 15 | Joost van Aken | $4.2m | 3 | 2018-2021 |
| 16 | Callum Paterson | $4.1m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 17 | Jeff Hendrick | $3.5m | 1 | 2024 |
| 18 | Sam Winnall | $2.9m | 3 | 2017-2020 |
| 19 | Joey Pelupessy | $2.8m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 20 | Cameron Dawson | $2.8m | 7 | 2017-2024 |
| 21 | Massimo Luongo | $2.7m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 22 | Jack Hunt | $2.6m | 4 | 2017-2023 |
| 23 | Max Lowe Current squad | $2.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 24 | Morgan Fox | $2.2m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 25 | Di'Shon Bernard Current squad | $2.2m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 26 | Callum McManaman | $2.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 27 | Josh Onomah | $2.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 28 | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | $2m | 1 | 2022 |
| 29 | Joe Wildsmith | $1.9m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 30 | Iké Ugbo | $1.9m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 31 | Izzy Brown | $1.8m | 1 | 2021 |
| 32 | Svante Ingelsson | $1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 33 | Jacob Murphy | $1.8m | 1 | 2020 |
| 34 | Lee Gregory | $1.8m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 35 | Nathaniel Chalobah | $1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 36 | Jamal Lowe Current squad | $1.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 37 | Urby Emanuelson | $1.5m | 1 | 2017 |
| 38 | Jerry Yates | $1.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Kadeem Harris | $1.4m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 40 | Yan Valery Current squad | $1.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Marvelous Nakamba | $1.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Marvin Johnson | $1.3m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 43 | Achraf Lazaar | $1.3m | 1 | 2019 |
| 44 | Ashley Fletcher | $1.3m | 1 | 2024 |
| 45 | Jack Marriott | $1.3m | 1 | 2021 |
| 46 | Chey Dunkley | $1.2m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 47 | Michael Hector | $1.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 48 | Fisayo Dele-Bashiru | $1.1m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 49 | Mallik Wilks | $1.1m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 50 | Jacob Butterfield | $1.1m | 1 | 2018 |
| 51 | Akin Famewo | $983k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 52 | Will Vaulks | $983k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 53 | Aden Flint | $913k | 1 | 2023 |
| 54 | Tayo Adaramola | $856k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 55 | Rolando Aarons | $842k | 1 | 2019 |
| 56 | Harlee Dean | $772k | 1 | 2022 |
| 57 | Liam Cooper Current squad | $772k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | George Byers | $730k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 59 | Moses Odubajo | $688k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 60 | Alessio da Cruz | $667k | 1 | 2020 |
| 61 | Anthony Musaba | $597k | 1 | 2024 |
| 62 | Bambo Diaby | $597k | 1 | 2024 |
| 63 | Jacques Maghoma | $576k | 2 | 2014-2015 |
| 64 | Charlie McNeill | $548k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 65 | Matt Penney | $548k | 2 | 2019-2021 |
| 66 | Saido Berahino | $534k | 1 | 2022 |
| 67 | Djeidi Gassama | $519k | 1 | 2024 |
| 68 | Ciaran Brennan | $484k | 7 | 2017-2024 |
| 69 | David Stockdale | $449k | 1 | 2023 |
| 70 | Elias Kachunga | $442k | 1 | 2021 |
| 71 | Ian Poveda | $428k | 1 | 2024 |
| 72 | Jordan Storey | $428k | 1 | 2022 |
| 73 | David Bates | $379k | 1 | 2020 |
| 74 | Lewis Gibson | $351k | 1 | 2022 |
| 75 | Nathaniel Méndez-Laing | $344k | 1 | 2022 |
| 76 | Murphy Cooper | $337k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 77 | Olamide Shodipo | $337k | 1 | 2022 |
| 78 | Andre Green | $316k | 1 | 2021 |
| 79 | Jack Stobbs | $286k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 80 | Sylla Sow | $253k | 1 | 2022 |
| 81 | Tyreeq Bakinson | $253k | 1 | 2023 |
| 82 | Florian Kamberi | $232k | 1 | 2022 |
| 83 | Luke Jackson | $223k | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 84 | Alex Hunt | $204k | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 85 | Josh Dawodu | $157k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 86 | Fraser Preston | $154k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 87 | Connor Kirby | $133k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 88 | Joshua Render | $132k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 89 | Jay Glover | $130k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 90 | Jack Lee | $125k | 4 | 2016-2019 |
| 91 | Ryan Galvin | $124k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 92 | Liam Waldock | $120k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 93 | Charles Hagan | $111k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 94 | Isaac Rice | $106k | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 95 | Liam Shaw | $100k | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 96 | Joe West | $79k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 97 | Omar Damba | $79k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 98 | Osaze Urhoghide | $79k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 99 | Lewis Farmer | $77k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 100 | Paulo Aguas | $75k | 4 | 2020-2023 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Sheffield Wednesday?
Barry Bannan, with $12.8m across 8 seasons at Sheffield Wednesday.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the salary the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 123 players we hold a Sheffield Wednesday salary for, from 2014 to 2026.